The Lois Stretch

It's reminiscent of Rose Mary Woods's 18½ minutes of fame.

Vietnam and Watergate have been central to the worldview of a generation of liberal Democrats. For decades, whenever a Republican was in the White House, they eagerly anticipated that every U.S. military intervention would turn into "another Vietnam" and every scandal "another Watergate."

Be careful what you wish for. As we noted Friday, the Vietnam analogy now seems to fit Iraq, except that it was a Democratic administration that initiated the U.S. involvement in the former conflict, while a Republican...